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Perhaps no doctrine is more significant to our form of government than separation of powers. In the first draft of the Bill of Rights, James Madison wanted to explicitly state that our three branches of government — legislative, executive and judicial — “shall never exercise the power” of each other. His proposal was struck down as being redundant with language articulated by the U.S. Constitution. Separation of powers, it was argued, was already implicit. Yet here we are today, with accusations that the separation of powers doctrine has been eroded.

Manny Pokotilow, senior counsel at Caesar Rivise, PC, will be presented with the PNC Achievement Award at the Philadelphia Bar Association’s Annual Meeting Luncheon on Tuesday, December 7 at the Hyatt at the Bellevue in Philadelphia.

Marijuana is big business and the opportunities to make money, just like the plant, will only continue to grow. In 2015, Colorado’s marijuana sales came close to a staggering one billion dollars. And in next month’s election, five states will be voting on legalizing ­marijuana for recreational purposes, while four more states will be asking voters to decide whether the plant should be ­available for medical purposes. Businesses will ­expand and new companies will be born in order to try to cash in on this ­lucrative market.

Remember Morse code? Perhaps mention of the name conjures up movie images of telegraph operators communicating over long distances, by tapping out “dashes” and “dots” that correspond to letters of the alphabet. What many people do not realize is that Samuel Morse, inventor of Morse code, fought a protracted battle to protect his patent rights. One of his patent claims stands out: the use of electromagnetism to print “intelligible characters, signs or letters.”

CR attorney Eric Marzluf, who serves on the Board and as Vice President of the Association of Intellectual Property Firms (AIPF), will be the Moderator in the 2016 AIPF Annual Meeting’s keynote session “The New IP: Intelligent Pricing” on September 15, 2016.

It happened again. Your company is trying to obtain valuable patent rights, and for the second time (or perhaps the third time, or the fourth time) the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has rejected your patent application. Is there an end in sight?

The 2016 Rio Olympics® are upon us and the eyes of the world are firmly focused on Brazil, host of this summer’s blockbuster event for a brief two week period from August 5th to the 21st. During this short period of time, companies of all sizes look to grab the attention of fans all over the world by associating themselves with the games.

While the dust continues to settle from Brexit, questions abound regarding how the United Kingdom’s historic vote to leave the European Union will affect the future. One important subject is intellectual property. How does Brexit affect intellectual ¬property rights in the U.K.?

CR Attorney ﻿Lynn Terrebonne will be a presenter in the “Mock Parallel Proceeding: Pharmaceutical Patent Invalidity Hearing in the District Court and the PTAB” at the American Conference Institute’s 4th Annual Paragraph IV Disputes Master Symposium being held in Chicago, IL on September 19-20, 2016.